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ON A NEW SPECIES OF ACACIA. 



Bv ^^^ F. I^lakely, National Herbarium, Botanic Gardens, 



Sydney. 



(Cotmnunicated by J. //. Maiden, I.S.O.. F.R.S ) 



Acacia Cheelii, n.sp. 



Frutex, nonnunquam ad arboreiu minoreni auctus, 12-35- 

 pedalis, glaber, ramis junioribus angulatis mox teretibus, glaucis. 

 Pliyllodia glauca, anguste ad late falcata, utrinqiie attenuata, 

 apice ferrugineo aliquanto prominenter mucronato, 10-18 cm. 

 (4-7") longa, lA-3 cm. lata, teiiuiora, 3-6 plus minusve prominenti- 

 bus nervis inter quos videntur multse subtiles parallelse veiise. 

 Gland ula in basi insita. 



Spicae binse vel teniae, nunc paniculatse, rhachi glauca gla- 

 braque, pedunculatse, crebris floribus, 4-5 cm. longa?. Flores 5-, 

 nonnunquam 4- vel 6-raeri. Calyx brevis simus, aureus, pubes- 

 cens vel subglaber, lobis minutis. Corolla longior, glabra, petali.s 

 acutis semicohaerentibus. Stylus longus. glaber. Ovarium can- 

 escens. 



Legumen breviter stipitatura, glabrum, anguste lineare, rectum 

 vel paulloarcuatum, coriaceum, marginibus incrassatis, 12-15 cm. 

 longum; semina oblonga, nigra, 4-6 mm. longa; funiculus albus, 

 e basi dilatatus, generans arillum semel vel bis vel raro ter 

 plicatum super extremitatem seminis eminentem: areola utrinquc 

 notata, oblonga, semen ipsum longitudine vix (equans, 



A glabrous shrub or small tree, 12-35 feet liigh, with glaucous 

 angular young Ijranches, soon becoming terete. Phyllodia 

 glaucous, uarrow to broad falcate, attenuate at both ends, tipped 

 with a somewhat prominent ferruginous point, 10 to 18 cm. long 

 (about 4-7 inches), I i to 3 cm. broad, rather thin, with 3 to 6 

 more or less prominent nerves, and numerous fine parallel veins 

 between them. Gland basal. 



